3701.04
Director of health - powers and duties.

(1)
Require reports and make inspections and investigations that the director
considers necessary;

(2)
Provide
administration, appoint personnel, make reports, and take other action as
necessary to comply with the requirements of the "Construction and
Modernization of Hospitals and Other Medical Facilities Act," Title VI of the
"Public Health Service Act," 60 Stat. 1041 (1946),
42 U.S.C. 291, as amended, and the regulations adopted
under that act;

(3)
Procure by
contract the temporary or intermittent services of experts, consultants, or
organizations when those services are to be performed on a part-time or
fee-for-service basis and do not involve the performance of administrative
duties;

(4)
Enter into
agreements for the utilization of the facilities and services of other
departments, agencies, and institutions, public or private;

(5)
On
behalf of the state, solicit, accept, hold, administer, and deposit in the
state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in section
3701.83 of the Revised Code, any
grant, gift, devise, bequest, or contribution made to assist in meeting the
cost of carrying out the director's responsibilities and expend the grant,
gift, devise, bequest, or contribution for the purpose for which made. Fees
collected by the director in connection with meetings and conferences shall
also be credited to the fund and expended for the purposes for which
paid.

(6)
Make an
annual report to the governor on activities and expenditures, including
recommendations for such additional legislation as the director considers
appropriate to furnish adequate hospital, clinic, and similar facilities to the
people of this state.

(B)
The director, in accordance with Chapter
119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules jointly with the executive director
of the emergency management agency to do both of the following, as required by
section 5502.281 of the Revised
Code:

(1)
Advise, assist, consult with, and cooperate with agencies and political
subdivisions of this state to establish and maintain a
statewide system for recruiting, registering,
training, and deploying volunteers reasonably necessary to respond to an
emergency declared by the state or a political
subdivision;

(C)
The director of health may enter
into agreements to sell services offered by the department of health to boards
of health of city and general health districts and to other departments,
agencies, and institutions of this state, other states, or the United States.
Fees collected by the director for the sale of services shall be deposited into
the state treasury to the credit of the general operations fund created in
section 3701.83 of the Revised
Code.